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obama to look presidential and bipartisan. so let me get this right. the -- mr. romney was soundly beaten both in the popular vote and the electoral college and the swing states that mattered the most? and it was all because of hurricane sandy? >> yeah, i think a less charitable person might be saying "and the dog ate my homework." in the 1980s, karl rove, a young political operative working in a democratic environment put together a memo. he explained how he was going to make the democrat ectexas political establishment a republican electoral gold mine, which he succeeded. in that memo, he wrote the words, when things are going badly, attack, attack, attack. that has always his motif. in this case, things went very, very badly, involving many very wealthy, very influential people, and his reaction is just attack the other guy. >> let me ask you this quickly. you've written two books, you know it very well d this tarnish the brand of karl rove? is this the beginning of the end of karl rover? >> it is not in my estimation the end of karl rove. remember in 2004 he
obama to look presidential and bipartisan. so let me get this right. the -- mr. romney was soundly beaten both in the popular vote and the electoral college and the swing states that mattered the most? and it was all because of hurricane sandy? >> yeah, i think a less charitable person might be saying "and the dog ate my homework." in the 1980s, karl rove, a young political operative working in a democratic environment put together a memo. he explained how he was going to make...
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this did not happen on mr. obama's watch. the truth is that no president, republican or democrat since lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty that we are going to win. the title of the new book has it right. we can all do better. what we're saying in this book is we cannot buy another race for the white house. poverty is not discussed. mccain and obama didn't get around to it last time. and mr. romney and mr. obama have to make profrt a priority in this campaign. it ought to be discussed. poor people cannot be invisible in this campaign. >> mitt romney is going to embrace and will implement if he had the political power the ryan plan. what does that do to the poor? what do you think? >> look, it's catastrophic for the poor. it's catastrophic for the working people. there's no doubt that mitt romney's policies are much worse than what president obama is putting forward. it's not just a choice between the two. yes, obama is better. but what we're talking about is much more fundamental in terms of making poor people a priority
this did not happen on mr. obama's watch. the truth is that no president, republican or democrat since lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty that we are going to win. the title of the new book has it right. we can all do better. what we're saying in this book is we cannot buy another race for the white house. poverty is not discussed. mccain and obama didn't get around to it last time. and mr. romney and mr. obama have to make profrt a priority in this campaign. it ought to be discussed....
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a new poll shows mr. obama pull ag head in several states. mitt romney is fund raising in california today. >>> new york city police are getting ready to charge a man with tress peacing after he jumped into a tirg pen at the bronx zoo. he suffered some injuries from the fall but remarkably the tiger didn't kill him. back to "caught on camera." >>> now back to a "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. all the videos in this program have a certain shock value, but some of the videos are also unbelievably sinister, like the one coming up. it shows a brutal attack on a complete stranger by a man with a hammer. the only thing more shocking than this brutal attack caught on surveillance camera is how random it turns out to be. >> actually seeing that tape was just -- it was horrifying. yeah. and yes, his intentions was to kill, you know, someone, but it just happened to be my son. >> it's about 12:15 in the morning when 20-year-old duane taylor, a lab technician from the university of pennsylvania, boards the broad septa train line in philadelphia
a new poll shows mr. obama pull ag head in several states. mitt romney is fund raising in california today. >>> new york city police are getting ready to charge a man with tress peacing after he jumped into a tirg pen at the bronx zoo. he suffered some injuries from the fall but remarkably the tiger didn't kill him. back to "caught on camera." >>> now back to a "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. all the videos in this program have a certain shock...
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obama. it reflects an approach to politics mr. ricketts rejects. ricketts can't hide from the truth. the hit job was based on the idea that john mccain had missed an opportunity to attack barack obama with an ad about reverend wright in 2008. the proposal opened with a quote from mr. ricketts. if the nation had seen that ad, they'd never have elected barack obama. you know who wants this story? sean hannity wants this story. where has reverend wright been for the last 3 1/2 years? have you seen him in the news? has he been doing any protests or testified on capitol hill? has he injected himself into the political process in this country? was he around when barack obama saved the automobile industry or signed off on the stimulus pag or so many other good things when it came to health care. where was reverend write when it happened? he wasn't anywhere to be found. this is low rent and sleazecy and just like romney. i think romney is lying when he says he doesn't know anything about it. i wonder how often mr. romney has had dinner with mr. rickets or
obama. it reflects an approach to politics mr. ricketts rejects. ricketts can't hide from the truth. the hit job was based on the idea that john mccain had missed an opportunity to attack barack obama with an ad about reverend wright in 2008. the proposal opened with a quote from mr. ricketts. if the nation had seen that ad, they'd never have elected barack obama. you know who wants this story? sean hannity wants this story. where has reverend wright been for the last 3 1/2 years? have you seen...
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mrs. obama got laughs last night doing a gardening-themed top ten list on the late show with david letterman last night. >> number five. >> later this year the supreme court will finally rule on tomato versus tomato. >> number two. >> the tool shed contapes shovels and weed wacker one. >> weed wacker one. early yesterday the first lady offered praise for new york city mayor's ban on soda drinks and doesn't believe a federal ban is necessary. do you believe a federal ban is necessary? >> i wouldn't have a problem with a federal ban. what the mayor has done is reset the default dosage for a harmful substance that cost the public covers millions to treat in terms of diabetes and obesity. regulating in terms. of the dosage seems to be a good way to go and sparked a public discussion and public awareness to get people thinking about what they are taking into their bodies and corporations are living up. not like people are saying give me a 150-ounce coke, but when you say large, the size is obsc
mrs. obama got laughs last night doing a gardening-themed top ten list on the late show with david letterman last night. >> number five. >> later this year the supreme court will finally rule on tomato versus tomato. >> number two. >> the tool shed contapes shovels and weed wacker one. >> weed wacker one. early yesterday the first lady offered praise for new york city mayor's ban on soda drinks and doesn't believe a federal ban is necessary. do you believe a...
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the president and mrs. obama are hoping to tone this one down. and schroeder, mullins is former washington columnist. she's joining me live from washington, and ann, what's with the restraint here? why are they scaling back? it's the second time around and people are saying it's like a second wedding it's a sign of the economic times. people are struggling and right now, washington is fixated on the fiscal cliff negotiations. obama left today to go to hawaii for the holidays and they're sort of fixated on that. i do know that yesterday the congressional leadership officially received their inauguration invites so at least we have a step in the right direction. >> eva longoria has been a huge supporter of the administration for this admin striegz and she was a tweet meister. >> she's co-chair. she came out big for obama and fund-raising for him and she helped with the latino vote which came out really strong in support of obama. so i think this inauguration and the party is really her payoff for the sweat equity she put into it. >> give us a peek
the president and mrs. obama are hoping to tone this one down. and schroeder, mullins is former washington columnist. she's joining me live from washington, and ann, what's with the restraint here? why are they scaling back? it's the second time around and people are saying it's like a second wedding it's a sign of the economic times. people are struggling and right now, washington is fixated on the fiscal cliff negotiations. obama left today to go to hawaii for the holidays and they're sort of...
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mr. obama's republican opponent, mitt romney is refusing to take a stand either way on this bill. every republican in the senate voted against it today. every republican in the state voted against it including scott brown of massachusetts. scott brown voted against paycheck fairness for women which should go over great in massachusetts. >>> we're waiting to here on the voter suppression in the state of florida as we roeported on this show. they demanded that they stop purging voters off the state's voter roll. the justice department said they have not asked for federal clearance under the voting rights act to go ahead with the purge and they said the state might be violating the national voter registration act by purging voters off the list too close to an election. that letter gave florida until tomorrow to respond. the justice department wants them to stop the purge, but so far republican officials from florida including the state's governor, rick scott, have not made any public noises to the effect that they will stop their purge in response to the justice departments demand. d
mr. obama's republican opponent, mitt romney is refusing to take a stand either way on this bill. every republican in the senate voted against it today. every republican in the state voted against it including scott brown of massachusetts. scott brown voted against paycheck fairness for women which should go over great in massachusetts. >>> we're waiting to here on the voter suppression in the state of florida as we roeported on this show. they demanded that they stop purging voters...
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the problem isn't just mr. romney's indifference to 47% of the country, it's his policies for everyone. like his trickle down ideas, or his laughable tax rate that he thinks is fair. voters don't care for these policies and neither does their president. >> governor romney on "60 minutes "was asked, does he think it's fair that he pays a lower tax rate than somebody who's making $50,000 a year. and he said yes. i think it's fair and i also think that's the way you get economic growth. the notion being that if people at the top have more income, they'll invest and they'll create jobs. i've just got a different vision about how we grow an economy. i think, barbara, you grow an economy from the middle out, not from the top down. >> that middle out policy is already working. today we learned that home price jumped to their highest level in more than two years. consumer confidence is at its highest point in seven months. because of optimism about the job market. voters see this, but the gop doesn't. republicans just
the problem isn't just mr. romney's indifference to 47% of the country, it's his policies for everyone. like his trickle down ideas, or his laughable tax rate that he thinks is fair. voters don't care for these policies and neither does their president. >> governor romney on "60 minutes "was asked, does he think it's fair that he pays a lower tax rate than somebody who's making $50,000 a year. and he said yes. i think it's fair and i also think that's the way you get economic...
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. >>> time for drama, mr. obama. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the obama team. you need something to sell, you need something people want. they want and know only you can give them. what they want, mr. president, right now are jobs, jobs, jobs. that's what they want right now. they want to see unemployment headed downward like gang busters in fact. only if you get people working right now will we see confidence starting to build out there. the best way to get it even higher is to pair that guy beganic jobs program you need to present and bill for the short run with a participate debt reduction for the long run. need to do both. i can't think of a better reaction than rolling out a positive campaign that meets the country's two great concerns. we start with our political analyst, howard meinman, and david corn. you can buy that book in a bookstore, it's available by the way, it's not just a theory or an e book. i think everybody knows that friday w
. >>> time for drama, mr. obama. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the obama team. you need something to sell, you need something people want. they want and know only you can give them. what they want, mr. president, right now are jobs, jobs, jobs. that's what they want right now. they want to see unemployment headed downward like gang busters in fact. only if you get people working right now will we...
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bush and his wife laura were at the white house being hosted by president obama and mrs. obama. they were there for the unveiling of the bush's official white house portraits. there was one strange thing about this ceremony and this event. did you actually see any of this as it happened? the "newsday" was so unexpected in following all the contours that nobody knew it was going to follow that, event ended up being a comedy show. i said there was a strange thing about it. did you see any of the footage of this today? it ended up being very funny. >> mr. president, thank you for your warm hospitality. madam, first lady, thank you so much for inviting our rowdy friends to my hanging. i am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the white house collection. it now starts and ends with a george w. when the british burn the white house as fred mentioned in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. now michelle, if anything happens, there's your man. yeah. i'm also pleased, mr. president, that when you are wandering the halls as you wrest
bush and his wife laura were at the white house being hosted by president obama and mrs. obama. they were there for the unveiling of the bush's official white house portraits. there was one strange thing about this ceremony and this event. did you actually see any of this as it happened? the "newsday" was so unexpected in following all the contours that nobody knew it was going to follow that, event ended up being a comedy show. i said there was a strange thing about it. did you see...
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and mitt romney says it's okay to blame president obama from the millions of bush job losses in mr. obama's first year, but for romney's record, well his first year just doesn't count. and they may be allies, but bill clinton and president obama are battling for opposing candidates. and let me start with this dirty angry money. this is "hardball," a place for politics. >>> a state to wash this year in virginia. romney needs to win it to have a shot of the white house. we have a new virginia poll and for that we check the "hardball" score board. a new poll has president obama holding a five point lead over mitt romney in virginia. the race is getting tighter and it was eight in march. now to michigan, the state thought to be leaning to obama, romney how has a one point lead over the president in a new poll, romney 46-45. >>> there it is, welcome back to i have heard you're great and you are, i love your league of women voters organization. coming up, dirty angry money, we saw what the money did in wisconsin this week, do the sharks smell blood? apparently so. will the republicans spe
and mitt romney says it's okay to blame president obama from the millions of bush job losses in mr. obama's first year, but for romney's record, well his first year just doesn't count. and they may be allies, but bill clinton and president obama are battling for opposing candidates. and let me start with this dirty angry money. this is "hardball," a place for politics. >>> a state to wash this year in virginia. romney needs to win it to have a shot of the white house. we have...
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thank you, mr. davies. >>> on friday president obama took a big step. even critics called it a bold move. on sunday, mitt romney responded and showed he's still stuck in the past. that's next. man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me. this is so off course. nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. >>> this is a temporary stopgap measure that lets us focus our resources wisely while giving a degree of relief and hope to talented, driven, patriotic young people. >> that was president obama on friday announcing his decision to stop deporting hundreds of thousands of young people who were brought here without documentation by their parents. crowds in front of the white house applauded the new policy which could effect as many as 800,000 undocumented immigrants living in the united states. the new policy put mitt romney on the defensive. when he was asked about it this weekend,
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it's obama by 43. not obama with 43% of the -- no, obama with a 43-point margin over mr. romney on which candidate connects with ordinary people. if you want mitt romney to be elected president in november, all that polling data is bad news. but it is not november. and it is not like mitt romney is quitting the campaign. one foot in front of the either, right? i mean, campaigns have been down before and have come back to win. maybe they have not been down quite this far and come back to win, but stranger things have happened. and part of what determines if a campaign collapse is survivable is how the campaign handles the fact of their collapse, how they manage the crisis, how they try to turn this ship around. campaigning matters. and since mr. romney likes to market himself as a turnaround artist, as a mr. fix-it guy, an opportunity for a real story to tell here. this sure needs fixing. what a story he could tell about how he turned this campaign around, if and when he turns this campaign around. do you know want to know how he trying to turn this campaign around? by fin
it's obama by 43. not obama with 43% of the -- no, obama with a 43-point margin over mr. romney on which candidate connects with ordinary people. if you want mitt romney to be elected president in november, all that polling data is bad news. but it is not november. and it is not like mitt romney is quitting the campaign. one foot in front of the either, right? i mean, campaigns have been down before and have come back to win. maybe they have not been down quite this far and come back to win,...
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i think michelle obama needs to stay more aspirational. mrs. romney had to give the speech that she gave last week. michelle obama is in a completely different position. people will be looking at her and they're also going to be remembering that question that we keep hearing, are you better off today than you were four years ago. and the thing that the president and mrs. obama have going to them is that the president's like ability factor. people like him and they just need more reinforcement from mrs. obama that is he a good husband, that he is a good father, that he has the likes and the dreams and the wishes and aspirations of all americans particularly women. particularly children. hispanics, african-americans, the whole country at heart. and for that reason, i think it will be critical that mrs. obama remain aspirational in terms of her speaking style tonight. >> so as michelle brings up likability, let's talk about former president bill clinton. he continues to fascinate the masses. he addresses the convention wednesday night putting bara
i think michelle obama needs to stay more aspirational. mrs. romney had to give the speech that she gave last week. michelle obama is in a completely different position. people will be looking at her and they're also going to be remembering that question that we keep hearing, are you better off today than you were four years ago. and the thing that the president and mrs. obama have going to them is that the president's like ability factor. people like him and they just need more reinforcement...
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mrs. obama, i thank you for that. look it's chris christie, get him. you know they say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christie's case, it's the only one where you can still hear him screaming. you might be misunderstanding new jersey's slogan. it's not the olive garden state. but the -- the truth is -- the first lady is right. americans are in terrible shape. you can tell how, out of shape we are by the way we protest. we used to march. now we occupy. i want to say a quick congratulations to the occupy protestors. it took months and months of petchuli oil and hackysack, but finally wall street isn't greedy any more. congratulations. press secretary jay carnie is with us. hello, jay. jay is, as you know not only press secretary, you know him as the the white guy from every lenscrafters commercial. one of jay's jobs is to keep track of all the hillary rosens. for those of you who aren't familiar with the story, kim, lindsay, et cetera. hillary rosen is the woman who said ann romney never worked a day in
mrs. obama, i thank you for that. look it's chris christie, get him. you know they say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christie's case, it's the only one where you can still hear him screaming. you might be misunderstanding new jersey's slogan. it's not the olive garden state. but the -- the truth is -- the first lady is right. americans are in terrible shape. you can tell how, out of shape we are by the way we protest. we used to march. now we...
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i think the romney wants to say he's george bailey and the obama campaign will argue he's mr. potter. i think that some of this financial engineers ta people engage in sounds more potter like than bailey like to me. >> romney wants everybody to talk about the positives of bain capital and that's what his surrogates are saying, but is he able to answer for the pain and suffering that his businesses caused. when you kick 350 people to the road and you take $100 million, the american people, i don't think they are compassionate to that kind of business. is the romney campaign worried this bain thing is not going to go away? >> i think so because obviously the obama people want to turn it into a character issue and people tend not to like the boss who has fired them. the other issue is what do the guys do with pension funds. some of these deals the pension funds get looted and people who were promised a pension can't collect it. sometimes retirees who have health care promised to them, they lose that promise. i think this will be a problem for journalism. not all of these details
i think the romney wants to say he's george bailey and the obama campaign will argue he's mr. potter. i think that some of this financial engineers ta people engage in sounds more potter like than bailey like to me. >> romney wants everybody to talk about the positives of bain capital and that's what his surrogates are saying, but is he able to answer for the pain and suffering that his businesses caused. when you kick 350 people to the road and you take $100 million, the american people,...
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obama. >> dr. james peterson on the reverend's surprise apology to the president. >>> good to have i you with us. mitt romney and rick santorum shifted attention to the working class in the state of ohio. now it's all about super tuesday. mitt romney won big in arizona yesterday, but his win in michigan isn't looking like much of a win today. romney won the popular vote in michigan by 32,000 votes, 41% to 38% over rick santorum. but today, santorum claimed victory. >> we won michigan last night by coming out of michigan with 15 delegates out of 30 delegates. in mitt romney's home state. >> santorum is right, a win is a win for mitt romney but the delegates are split evenly. each candidate received 15 delegates. romney spent time today cutting down the guy who tied him in michigan. >> rick santorum is a nice guy, but an economic lightweight. he doesn't understand what it takes to make an economy work on a personal basis. >> the campaigns are headed in the south country and of course the rust
obama. >> dr. james peterson on the reverend's surprise apology to the president. >>> good to have i you with us. mitt romney and rick santorum shifted attention to the working class in the state of ohio. now it's all about super tuesday. mitt romney won big in arizona yesterday, but his win in michigan isn't looking like much of a win today. romney won the popular vote in michigan by 32,000 votes, 41% to 38% over rick santorum. but today, santorum claimed victory. >> we...
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mr. romney says the solution is to deregulate them even more. let them do even more of what they do. the bottom line here is that what we need is a wall street and financial institutions that cease being the largest gambling casino in the world and start investing in the productive economy in america and start helping us to create the jobs we desperately need. >> all right. senator, thank you so very much as usual. bernie sanders. >>> let's turn to mr. cohen, former at jpmorgan chase, author of "money and power: how goldman sachs came to rule the world." thank you for joining me, my friend. >> my pleasure, michael. >> somebody who used to work at jp morgan, what did you take away from today's testimony? how did it register to you? >> it really registered. the thing that lingers in my mind, michael, how did jamie dimon let this happen? he's known as a micromanager, he was a micromanager when he worked at citigroup, he was a micromanager at bank one. he was a micromanager when he came into
mr. romney says the solution is to deregulate them even more. let them do even more of what they do. the bottom line here is that what we need is a wall street and financial institutions that cease being the largest gambling casino in the world and start investing in the productive economy in america and start helping us to create the jobs we desperately need. >> all right. senator, thank you so very much as usual. bernie sanders. >>> let's turn to mr. cohen, former at jpmorgan...
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obama and mrs. clinton as head of the state department, when they have to do things like addressing the nation while also managing in a hands-on way what is an ongoing and significant crisis for the country. protests at u.s. embassies grew and spread today. in egypt, in iraq, in india, in bangladesh, in turkey, in pakistan, in kuwait, in syria, where you might think they'd have other things on their minds. afghanistan, malaysia, nigeria, in lebanon where a kentucky fried chicken restaurant was torched. in tunisia where the u.s. embassy compound was breached by protesters but no personnel were hurt in tunisia. in qatar, bahrain, in sudan. here's richard engel reporting for nbc. >> reporter: u.s. diplomatic outposts now appear to be easy targets. in yemen for the second day, furious protesters tried to storm the embassy in sanaa, burning american flags, as riot police fire water cannons. gunshots can be heard. why? because they say the u.s. isn't doing enough against the makers of that now infamous an
obama and mrs. clinton as head of the state department, when they have to do things like addressing the nation while also managing in a hands-on way what is an ongoing and significant crisis for the country. protests at u.s. embassies grew and spread today. in egypt, in iraq, in india, in bangladesh, in turkey, in pakistan, in kuwait, in syria, where you might think they'd have other things on their minds. afghanistan, malaysia, nigeria, in lebanon where a kentucky fried chicken restaurant was...
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mitt romney thinks obama is out of his head. mr. obama says mitt romney is out of touch. the winner of that debate could decide the winner in november. also the latest on the secret service scandal tonight including hot new details on just what happened. >>> the world's most exclusive fraternity. right now there's only five members, the five living presidents of the united states. so do you think these guys really root for each other, apparently so. >>> if you're running for senator of massachusetts, there is one organization -- hint unfortunately for him, scott brown had that side support him. political director and chief white house correspondent, and msnbc political analyst. let's get the main facts on the table. the overall approval rating stands at 49, just slightly down from last month. here is a bad one for the president. on his question of the handling of the economy, the president doesn't do as well, only 45% approve, 52, a real majority say they disapprove of the job he is doing, let's go right down to that. >> the magic number is 49. our pollsters say it's 49,
mitt romney thinks obama is out of his head. mr. obama says mitt romney is out of touch. the winner of that debate could decide the winner in november. also the latest on the secret service scandal tonight including hot new details on just what happened. >>> the world's most exclusive fraternity. right now there's only five members, the five living presidents of the united states. so do you think these guys really root for each other, apparently so. >>> if you're running for...
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the percentage of people voting early went up and perhaps coincidentally mr. obama won. in colorado, in florida, iowa, nevada, new mexico, north carolina, virginia, all these states who had gone for george bush in the previous election, when early voting increased, the democrat running for president won. empirically, it would appear that early voting is at least correlated with democrats doing well. you cannot say that early voting causes democrats to do well, but it is apparently linked by circumstance. and empirically the link would make sense because early voting, in particular, is popular with voters who tend to support democrats. consider florida. in the last election in florida, a clear majority of the african-americans who cast a ballot cast their ballot early. more than half the african-americans in florida who voted voted early. 1 million-plus african-american voters. they voted in person and early. by percentage in florida, only half as many white voters did that. so early voting mattered to african-american voters in florida more than it did to other voters. a
the percentage of people voting early went up and perhaps coincidentally mr. obama won. in colorado, in florida, iowa, nevada, new mexico, north carolina, virginia, all these states who had gone for george bush in the previous election, when early voting increased, the democrat running for president won. empirically, it would appear that early voting is at least correlated with democrats doing well. you cannot say that early voting causes democrats to do well, but it is apparently linked by...
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they always are influenced by performances, and i believe mr. obama took a licking last night. the public knows that and now to suggest that the facts support what his position is supposed to be i don't think carries. >> you know, i got to ask you a personal question about the president. you know, i do look up to him in so many ways. when i'm with him i say to myself and i do this objectively, i list be to him after he's briefed us on something, this guy ought to be president. he has the command of the issues. he has scope. he has relevance. he can talk to you as regular person in common english as well as the wonk talk. he has an iq that is way up there. yet last night he was tongue tied. he let the other guy own the room. what do you think was on his mind before we get on to romney. i know you think a lot about this and care a lot, mayor. >> i think what happened last night is i think barack obama frankly went to sleep. he had anticipated being perceived as arrogant, being perceived as a genius, being perceived as taking advantage of a lesser, and he decided to back off of al
they always are influenced by performances, and i believe mr. obama took a licking last night. the public knows that and now to suggest that the facts support what his position is supposed to be i don't think carries. >> you know, i got to ask you a personal question about the president. you know, i do look up to him in so many ways. when i'm with him i say to myself and i do this objectively, i list be to him after he's briefed us on something, this guy ought to be president. he has the...
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obama was, in fact, born in the united states. whether he is, in fact, qualified to be president of the united states. before last night's event in las vegas, the romney campaign promised their candidate would speak up if donald trump raised the birtherism issue at that event right in front of mitt romney where he could see him do it. instead, it was mitt romney who brought up the issue of constitutional requirements for being president in the form of a business resume, suggesting that president obama isn't qualified with or ought to be constitutionally precluded from holding the office. donald trump, in fact, saved the the birther part, not for the fund-raiser, but for his interview on fox later that night. >> what would it take to convince you otherwise? i know that you're -- are you convinced he wasn't born here or are you suspicious? >> well, i think that it's more likely that he wasn't born here, but i would also say that if you look at his college records, they may have some good information on his college record that would
obama was, in fact, born in the united states. whether he is, in fact, qualified to be president of the united states. before last night's event in las vegas, the romney campaign promised their candidate would speak up if donald trump raised the birtherism issue at that event right in front of mitt romney where he could see him do it. instead, it was mitt romney who brought up the issue of constitutional requirements for being president in the form of a business resume, suggesting that...
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i will read an excerpt which says since his re-election mr. obama has fueled a campaign style effort to pressure republicans to give ground on taxes. that's fine, but it won't be enough. at some point, he has to prepare the american people and his own supporters most of all for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. that means spending cuts, it means entitlement reform, it means compromise, a balanced solution that will please neither house speaker john boehner nor senate majority leader harry reid. senator, when are the democrats going to be talking about the hard decisions? >> alex, that is a very important point and i heard ed rendell refer to it a few minutes ago if your conversation. we all know that there is three parts to solving this problem. there is cutting expenditures, there are entitlements and there are revenue. democrats on the joint select committee that i chaired a year ago, could put serious proposals on that on the table. why we couldn't come to an agreement the republicans refused to pu
i will read an excerpt which says since his re-election mr. obama has fueled a campaign style effort to pressure republicans to give ground on taxes. that's fine, but it won't be enough. at some point, he has to prepare the american people and his own supporters most of all for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. that means spending cuts, it means entitlement reform, it means compromise, a balanced solution that will please neither house speaker john...
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he could hit mr. obama with ads in florida and elsewhere for his $716 billion in medicare cuts and his plan to cut even more with an unelected rationing boards whose decisions under obama care have no legislative or judicial review and finish the ads with a positive view for more patient and medical choice. can romney really do that? can he go on the aggressive with medicare? >> they can give it a shot. it's usually a little tough when you're the republican party and you have paul ryan on the ticket who proposed privatizing medicare two years ago to run as defenders of medicare. as a broad point, i have found the medicare conversation thus far has made me want to slam my head into the wall. everybody keeps saying i want a serious conversation about medicare and not ever saying anything serious about medicare. from the beginning, romney and ryan have said obama's cut medicare by $700 billion. what would they do? they are capped in ryan's budget so they agree on those cuts. as for -- they say oh, they d
he could hit mr. obama with ads in florida and elsewhere for his $716 billion in medicare cuts and his plan to cut even more with an unelected rationing boards whose decisions under obama care have no legislative or judicial review and finish the ads with a positive view for more patient and medical choice. can romney really do that? can he go on the aggressive with medicare? >> they can give it a shot. it's usually a little tough when you're the republican party and you have paul ryan on...
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obama was born here. and in ohio, it's 37% of republicans polled. and then there's texas. oh, yes, texas. where the republican candidate for lieutenant governor is fighting for his political life. he's the end of his convention -- here's the end of his convention speech on friday night. >> we won't stop fighting until we send barack obama back to chicago. [ applause ] >> or kenya. ladies and gentlemen -- wherever he wants to go. >> congo, kenya, zair, what difference does it make? let's bring in tv talk show host, armstrong williams, joanne reid for the grios.com, and kelly goff, author of "the gq candidate." what's it going to take to end the birther allegations? is this not enough, joanne, kelly? >> i think for a certain part of the republican base their sort of hatred of barack obama, really their disappointment at not having had their preferred candidate, really sarah palin, win the last presidential election has caused a lot of people to decide barack obama really isn't president. it just didn't happen. he isn't president. he isn't legitimate. there's really nothing y
obama was born here. and in ohio, it's 37% of republicans polled. and then there's texas. oh, yes, texas. where the republican candidate for lieutenant governor is fighting for his political life. he's the end of his convention -- here's the end of his convention speech on friday night. >> we won't stop fighting until we send barack obama back to chicago. [ applause ] >> or kenya. ladies and gentlemen -- wherever he wants to go. >> congo, kenya, zair, what difference does it...
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preparing for her speech, mrs. obama arrived yesterday. she'll address delegates tonight and doing what she's been doing on the campaign trail for her husband. touting her husband's record on issues. >> this election, ladies, is a choice about supporting women and families in this country. >> it is now easier for women to get equal pay for equal work because of the ledbetter. >> we have to remind them about the two brilliant supreme court justices he elected. >> barack believes women should be able to make our own choices about our health care. >> just a taste of what you can expect tonight. now, the obama campaign says that the first lady will also serve as a character witness for the president. describing the tough decisions that her husband has made and she'll talk about how the president's roots helped him understand the economic challenges americans face, an implicit contrast with mitt romney. >> in the end, it all boils down to who you are and what you stand for. and we all know who my husband is. don't we? he is the son of a single
preparing for her speech, mrs. obama arrived yesterday. she'll address delegates tonight and doing what she's been doing on the campaign trail for her husband. touting her husband's record on issues. >> this election, ladies, is a choice about supporting women and families in this country. >> it is now easier for women to get equal pay for equal work because of the ledbetter. >> we have to remind them about the two brilliant supreme court justices he elected. >> barack...
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. >> time for drama, mr. obama. let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the obama team. you need something to sell, you need something people want. they want and they know only you can give them. what they want, mr. pres, right now are jobs, jobs, jobs. that's what they want right now. they want to see unemployment headed downward like gangbusters, in fact. only when you get people working, mr. president, will you see confidence start to build out there. and the best way to get confidence even higher is to presenting jobs and in the short run a bay partisan debt reduction program in the long run. i can't imagine anything better than the news last friday than rolling out a positive campaign that meets this country's two great concerns. we start with msnbc political analyst howard feinman, and david corn, author of a great new book "showdown." you can actually buy that book at a bookstore. it's not just a theory. it's not one of these e-books. any way, guys, i think everybody knows fr
. >> time for drama, mr. obama. let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the obama team. you need something to sell, you need something people want. they want and they know only you can give them. what they want, mr. pres, right now are jobs, jobs, jobs. that's what they want right now. they want to see unemployment headed downward like gangbusters, in fact. only when you get people working, mr. president, will you see...
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the obama campaign needed2,000 signatures to get mr. obama on the ballot. they turned in 47,000. is that what wakes you up in the middle of the night if you're mitt romney that you might get the nomination and have to run against that? or is what wakes you up the prospect you may not get the nomination because you might lose it to a guy who's lighting his speeches under his chin with a flashlight? [ female announcer ] eyes feeling overworked? discover visine® tired eye relief with hydroblend™, only from visine®. just one drop instantly soothes and revives tired, overworked eyes. and comforts them for up to ten hours. visine® tired eye relief. try now and save $3. >> this is a big story. as of last night at 9:00 p.m. eastern time, it looked to us on this show like the maine republican caucus was in danger of having the results overturned the same way as iowa earlier this year. mitt romney was declared the winner of the iowa caucus in a close race where there was no provision for a recount. then just over two weeks later, the iowa republican party reversed itself and said sorr
the obama campaign needed2,000 signatures to get mr. obama on the ballot. they turned in 47,000. is that what wakes you up in the middle of the night if you're mitt romney that you might get the nomination and have to run against that? or is what wakes you up the prospect you may not get the nomination because you might lose it to a guy who's lighting his speeches under his chin with a flashlight? [ female announcer ] eyes feeling overworked? discover visine® tired eye relief with...
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. >> i've got mr. obama sitting here. and i just was going to ask him a couple questions. how do you handle -- how do you handle promises that you've made when you were running for election? and how d y handle -- how do you handle it? i mean, what do you say to people? do you just -- you know -- i know people -- people were wondering. you don't, you don't have it? okay. i thought maybe it was an excuse. what do you mean shut up? >> all right, so the obama campaign seized on it with a twit pic. here is their reaction saying this seat is taken. here's our reaction on air after that speech if you missed it. >> if he was at the apollo wee have had the guy that comes with rope that brings off stage. i waleft the stable and went an got a cookie because i worried that my blood sugar was so long that i had passed out and my brain had generated these things that couldn't be real in the last hour of a republican convention. >> how much shelf life is that moment going to have? >> oh, more than any of us want it to have, that's for sure. >> finally an honest answer. >> i think that th
. >> i've got mr. obama sitting here. and i just was going to ask him a couple questions. how do you handle -- how do you handle promises that you've made when you were running for election? and how d y handle -- how do you handle it? i mean, what do you say to people? do you just -- you know -- i know people -- people were wondering. you don't, you don't have it? okay. i thought maybe it was an excuse. what do you mean shut up? >> all right, so the obama campaign seized on it with...